Example sentences
māo猫zài在zhuō桌zi子xià下miàn面。
The cat is under the table.
xià下yī一zhàn站dào到le了。
Next stop.
The story behind the character
下
The mirror image of 上. A line with a short mark below it. Xu Shen wrote 下, 底也: "down, the bottom." Another indicated direction, plain as can be.